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[The Heretic]

Valuable Lesson: Always be sure that you're using the correct caliber ammunition for your gun.
This was a brand new 1911 chambered in 45ACP. The owner grabbed a handful of ammunition out of an ammo can and loaded his magazine. He didn't realize that there was a lone 40S&W cartridge mixed in with the 45ACP. The 40S&W was the last round loaded in the magazine so it was the first to be chambered. As 40S&W is smaller than 45ACP, it fell past the chamber and into the bore. Then a 45ACP was chambered and fired, which discharged the 40S&W lodged in the bore. The results were catastrophic for the gun. The owner is very lucky that he wasn't hurt.

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[Velzey]

I bet the customer said, I had an oopsie!

Anyway, can you have this done by Friday?

 

[Member 34319]

It's a Kimber, so it should buff right out.

Probably will help with its reliability too!

 

[Velzey]

Here is the story I found.


Valuable Lesson: Always be sure that you're using the correct caliber ammunition for your gun.

This was a brand new 1911 chambered in 45ACP. The owner grabbed a handful of ammunition out of an ammo can and loaded his magazine. He didn't realize that there was a lone 40S&W cartridge mixed in with the 45ACP. The 40S&W was the last round loaded in the magazine so it was the first to be chambered. As 40S&W is smaller than 45ACP, it fell past the chamber and into the bore. Then a 45ACP was chambered and fired, which discharged the 40S&W lodged in the bore. The results were catastrophic for the gun. The owner is very lucky that he wasn't hurt.

 

[titsonritz]

Fake news, this only happens to Glocks, cuz they're plastic.

 

[Bobbay]

A Glock 21 would have handled that without issue. #all1911sneedtobemelteddowntomakeglockbarrels.

 

[MrRob96]

If the sequence of events leading to the KB is to be believed, chambering the first round lead to a click with no bang. The shooter then had to rack the slide and fire the next round.

This had to have happened during a training course of fire, right? Normally if I'm at the range plinking or practicing fundamentals, I check the chamber after a malfunction to diagnose the cause. A 40 cartridge rattling around in the chamber would be easy to detect.

Seems like there were a lot more failures than just loading the wrong ammo into the magazine that day.

Valuable Lesson: pay attention to what you're doing when handling potentially dangerous things like firearms, cars, power tools, etc, etc

 

[Certaindeaf]

If the sequence of events leading to the KB is to be believed, chambering the first round lead to a click with no bang. The shooter then had to rack the slide and fire the next round.

This had to have happened during a training course of fire, right? Normally if I'm at the range plinking or practicing fundamentals, I check the chamber after a malfunction to diagnose the cause. A 40 cartridge rattling around in the chamber would be easy to detect.

Seems like there were a lot more failures than just loading the wrong ammo into the magazine that day.

Valuable Lesson: pay attention to what you're doing when handling potentially dangerous things like firearms, cars, power tools, etc, etc

Valuable lesseon: use a 9mm.


lol

 

[DirectDrive]

"I thought boolits were boolits. You mean there are different kinds ?"

 

[powermad]

This is why I have spare undies in the range bag.
You just never know when you will shiff your pants.

 

[tac]

Seems like there were a lot more failures than just loading the wrong ammo into the magazine that day.

Truer word have yet to be writ this day.

 

[bsa1917hunter]

Truer word have yet to be writ this day.

Amen...

 

[FullMetalJerk]

So that's why they gave us the .40S&W!

 

[DirectDrive]

I remember long ago in Hunter's Ed....
The possibility of catastrophe by placing a 20 gauge shell into a 12 gauge gun by mistake.
It was said that the 20 gauge shell will lodge itself at the end of the chamber and then a 12 gauge shell can be loaded on top of it.

That would be loud.
And with lots of steel and wood shards flying around.

 

[Flopsweat]

I remember long ago in Hunter's Ed....
The possibility of catastrophe by placing a 20 gauge shell into a 12 gauge gun by mistake.
It was said that the 20 gauge shell will lodge itself at the end of the chamber and then a 12 gauge shell can be loaded on top of it.

That would be loud.
And with lots of steel and wood shards flying around.

I have seen a gun that was the victim of exactly that. It bananaed out in about 3 big pieces. Looked a lot like Elmer's gun from the Bugs Bunny cartoon.